Paper 1: Q2 - What is socialisation?

Question 1

Primary and secondary socialisation
Formal agencies of social control:
• police
• law/legal system
• courts
• government
• military
Informal agencies of social control:
• family
• peer group/subcultures
• media
• religion
• education
workplace

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Question 2

2) How does family teach norms and values as an agency of socialisation? Provide a study.

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Question 3

3)How do peer groups teach norms and values as an agency of socialisation? Provide a study.

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Question 4

4) How does media teach norms and values as an agency of socialisation? Provide a study.

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Question 5

5) How does religion teach norms and values as an agency of socialisation? Provide a study.

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Question 6

6) How does education teach norms and values as an agency of socialisation? Provide a study.

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Question 7

7) How do workplaces teach norms and values as an agency of socialisation? Provide a study.

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For adults, ‘resocialisation’ has been used to refer to the new set of norms and values individuals need to learn when starting a new job.

Like education, socalisation in the workplace can be split into formal and informal.
Formal socalisation - Learning the code of conduct, acceptable dress codes, behaviour. Enforced by formal sanctions ie a formal warning or being fired (negative), or a promotion, payrise or employee of the month (positive).
Informal socalisation- Similar to peer groups at school by sanctioning unacceptable behaviour ie a new employee sucking up to the boss too much or ‘snitching’ on his colleagues. This will be dealt with through informal sanctions ie the silent treatment.

WADDINGTON 1999 - Canteen Culture
Waddington uses the term ‘canteen culture’ to describe the set of norms and values who work in a particular organisation will be socialised to accept so that certain language, behaviour and attitudes become the norm.

This has also been used in a critical way to describe racism within the police force. Officers who aren’t racist when they first join the force will start thinking and behaving in racist ways as they’re socialised into the canteen culture of the police force.

Question 8

Describe three pieces of evidence that nature governs behaviour/norms and values.

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Question 9

Describe three pieces of evidence that nurture governs behaviour/norms and values.

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Question 10

I know the difference between primary and secondary socialisation and evaluate which is more important

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